Pen-holder



(No Model.)

G. W. MICHAEL.

PEN HOLDER.

No. 346,670. Patented Aug. 3, 1886.

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NITED STATES GEORGE W. MICHAEL, OBERLIN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO S. E. BROOKS AND A. S. BROOKS, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

PEN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 346,670, dated. August 3, 1886.

Application filed June 12, 1885. Serial No. 168,534. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. ll/IIOHAEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oberlin, in the State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Pen- Holder,of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to make it possible in writing to hold a pen of ordinary form in a holder in a stationary oblique position, and thus to obviate the difficulty often experienced in using all other oblique penholders, arising from the fact that all others have the side piece and standard hinged together in such a manner as that the parts soon Work loose with using, which makes it difficult to direct the course of the pen. In my pen-holder the side piece and stem are relatively stationary, cannot get out of order, and any common pen may be used in the holder; also, in all other oblique pen-holders the side piece is hinged in a slot in the stem, so that in using, when the end of the holder is touched to the ink, (as is apt to happen when dipping the pen into ink,) the ink draws up into the slot in such way as that the finger on the right side of the holder is frequently smeared with ink. \Vith my pen-holder this difficulty is removed, as the slot does not extend through to the right side of the stem.

The drawing hereto attached, and marked Figure No. 1, shows a full view of stem and side piece. side piece is marked B. The drawing attached marked Fig. No. 2 shows an end view of stem and side piece, and the manner in which they are joined together.

The stem isof wood or other material, with a slot at one end to receive side piece, and side piece is of metal or other hard material, of the shape as shown in the drawings, and the two are fastened together with a rivet, c, as shown on Fig. No. l. The side piece has a slit or opening, into which a pen may be placed, (indicated by dark line, as shown on Fig. No 2 at point (1.)

What I claim, for which Letters Patent of the United States should be granted to me,

A pen-holder having a stem, A, and an oblique side piece, B, inserted into a slot cut in one side of said stem, but not extending to the other side, thus protectingthe fingers from ink, substantially as set forth.

GEORGE W. MICHAEL.

Witnesses:

W. B. BEDORTHA, J OEL MYnRs.

The stem is marked A, and the 

